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The Immigrant

  • 2013
  • R
  • 2h
IMDb RATING
6.6/10
33K
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Joaquin Phoenix, Marion Cotillard, and Jeremy Renner in The Immigrant (2013)
A 1920's-set drama centered on Ewa, a Polish woman who, after immigrating to New York in the hope of a better life for her and her sister, falls prey to a mysterious man named Bruno.
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In 1921, an innocent immigrant woman is tricked into a life of burlesque and vaudeville until a dazzling magician tries to save her and reunite her with her sister who is being held in the c... Read allIn 1921, an innocent immigrant woman is tricked into a life of burlesque and vaudeville until a dazzling magician tries to save her and reunite her with her sister who is being held in the confines of Ellis Island.In 1921, an innocent immigrant woman is tricked into a life of burlesque and vaudeville until a dazzling magician tries to save her and reunite her with her sister who is being held in the confines of Ellis Island.

  • Director
    • James Gray
  • Writers
    • James Gray
    • Ric Menello
  • Stars
    • Marion Cotillard
    • Joaquin Phoenix
    • Jeremy Renner
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.6/10
    33K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • James Gray
    • Writers
      • James Gray
      • Ric Menello
    • Stars
      • Marion Cotillard
      • Joaquin Phoenix
      • Jeremy Renner
    • 97User reviews
    • 245Critic reviews
    • 77Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 15 wins & 29 nominations

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    Joaquin Phoenix and Marion Cotillard in The Immigrant (2013)
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    Joaquin Phoenix and Marion Cotillard in The Immigrant (2013)
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    Marion Cotillard and Jeremy Renner in The Immigrant (2013)
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    Marion Cotillard, James Gray, and Jeremy Renner at an event for The Immigrant (2013)
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    Jeremy Renner at an event for The Immigrant (2013)
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    Marion Cotillard at an event for The Immigrant (2013)

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    Marion Cotillard
    Marion Cotillard
    • Ewa Cybulska
    Joaquin Phoenix
    Joaquin Phoenix
    • Bruno Weiss
    Jeremy Renner
    Jeremy Renner
    • Orlando the Magician…
    Dagmara Dominczyk
    Dagmara Dominczyk
    • Belva
    Jicky Schnee
    Jicky Schnee
    • Clara
    Elena Solovey
    Elena Solovey
    • Rosie Hertz
    • (as Yelena Solovey)
    Maja Wampuszyc
    Maja Wampuszyc
    • Edyta Bistricky
    Ilia Volok
    Ilia Volok
    • Wojtek Bistricky
    Angela Sarafyan
    Angela Sarafyan
    • Magda Cybulska
    Antoni Corone
    Antoni Corone
    • Customs Officer Thomas MacNally
    Patrick Husted
    Patrick Husted
    • Priest
    Patrick Holden O'Neill
    Patrick Holden O'Neill
    • Leo Straub
    • (as Patrick O'Neill)
    Sam Tsoutsouvas
    • Oskar Straub
    Robert Clohessy
    Robert Clohessy
    • Immigration Official
    Adam Rothenberg
    Adam Rothenberg
    • Officer DeKeiffer
    Matthew Humphreys
    Matthew Humphreys
    • Cop #1
    James Colby
    James Colby
    • A John
    Margaret Benczak
    • Another Immigrant
    • Director
      • James Gray
    • Writers
      • James Gray
      • Ric Menello
    • All cast & crew
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    • Trivia
      James Gray considers this the best film of his career, and Marion Cotillard the best actor he's ever worked with.
    • Goofs
      The famous opera singer Enrico Caruso did sing at Ellis Island, but not in February 1921. Carusos's last performance was in late December 1920, after which his health deteriorated.
    • Quotes

      [last lines]

      Bruno Weiss: If you could lick my heart, you'd taste nothing but poison. See, you think there's goodness in everybody, but there isn't. So you go and you forget about me, and you forget about this place. And you forget about those things that I made you do! Because I took everything from you and I gave you nothing! Nothing. 'Cause I'm nothing.

      [stumbles and falls]

      Ewa Cybulska: [hugs him] You are not nothing.

    • Crazy credits
      The very, very last credit, after the logo for Wild Bunch, is "Keep Your Head." (with the period), appearing as if typed out with two fingers.
    • Connections
      Featured in Huffpost Live: Marion Cotillard LIVE (2015)
    • Soundtracks
      Buffalo Girls
      Traditional

      Performed by The Morrie Morrison Orchestra

      Arranged by Morrie Morrison

      Courtesy of Fervor Records Vintage Masters

    User reviews97

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    Featured review
    6/10
    A flat ride
    The Immigrant has all the ingredients to be a blockbuster and an excellent movie: great actors, fantastic production, great atmosphere, historical settings, and a touching story about the harshness of immigration in the USA after the WW1 without sugar-coated BS. Yet, for whatever reason, the movie felt flat most of the time to me, and not touching despite the story being a priori very touching.

    Phoenix is always great in whatever he does, and he's the only actor whose character I felt and believed to be real in this film. Marion Cotillard is really sweet but, despite the role being written for her, the dramatic coloratura of the script, speaking in Polish, and shedding the perfect tear, her acting feels flat, as if she had taken a muscular relaxant during the film; unfortunately, I didn't think her acting was coming from the heart and it didn't touch mine. I found Jeremy Renner miscast in his role, he has no chemistry with Cotillard on camera and he was never meant to be a rival of the always powerful Phoenix.

    The script has no tempo, unfortunately, so it dragged me alone on a two-hour flat ride. You know, the movie is really sad and emotional, but it rarely moved me, intrigued me, or kept me waiting for what was coming next. The movie felt, depending of the times, clichéd, phony, overly melodramatic, a bit frigid, but mostly unfocused and confused, and that's always the director's fault.

    Overall, this is a nice film to watch, but it deflates before it gets fully inflated. There are many things I liked about this film, truly, but nothing I really loved, unfortunately.
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • May 23, 2014 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official sites
      • Europa Filmes (Brazil)
      • Official site (France)
    • Languages
      • English
      • Polish
      • Latin
    • Also known as
      • Nightingale
    • Filming locations
      • Kaufman Astoria Studios - 3412 36th Street, Astoria, Queens, New York City, New York, USA
    • Production companies
      • Worldview Entertainment
      • Keep Your Head
      • Kingsgate Films
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $16,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $2,025,328
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $44,064
      • May 18, 2014
    • Gross worldwide
      • $5,952,884
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      2 hours
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
      • SDDS
      • Datasat
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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